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next, a look at our recent visit to greensboro, north carolina. you are watching american history tv all weekend, every weekend, on c-span3. >> the international civil rights center and museum opening greensboro on february 1, 2010. the museum tells the story of a sit in that happened in the city, which launched a wave of anti-segregation citizens across the south. this building once housed the woolworth's store. >> what happened in 1960, february 1, four young men from north carolina amt state university chose that day to make a stand -- really, to take a seat so that the rest of us would be able to do that. they took a stand against jim crow, against segregation, against whites only access to public accommodations, and to being seen as a first-class it is in. they came here to this lunch

counter to sit down to be treated like a first-class citizen and to be served against their policies and practices. this year in the museum is the actual lunch counter area that has been preserved. there have been some seats that have been taken out in other areas that are at the smithsonian institute, at the greensboro historical museum so the gentlemen that sat and have talked to us about around where they sat. a lot of things you will see here are the advertisements, the different menu items they offered, and the prices. these four young gentlemen were franklin mccain, is aware, joseph mcneil, and david richmond. they were freshmen at north carolina amt state university, a historically black college. they came to the woolworth's store, sat at the lunch counter

and asked to order some coffee and i believe, a piece of pie. the response was really mixed. just like, "you boys go on from here." i think another waitress was saying something like "we don't serve colored people here." they set down to take that first step in the demonstration. the word spread quickly that this would be ongoing and that other people were wanting to get involved. there were other adults showing up, other students that said he wanted to be part of it. students from bennett college. other students and other community members that want to get involved and stand behind this brave and courageous step. they waved their consequences. they talked about being afraid but they also talked about what i would say that courage is not the lack of fear but doing what's right in the face of fear. it's the way that they finally decided to come here and take the step that day. they talked about -- the

community, they talked about law enforcement. they talked about the police what would be the reaction. they talked about the dangers. they talked about the consequences. they talked about their future. they had been advised. they had been counseled. they had been encouraged. they had been trained about what was going to happen, that they would go through the sort of mock experiences. people would be calling them names, spitting on them. people may throw food and those kind of things. people may be chanting things and getting in the face. there may be some physical experience with someone. there were mixed reactions. a lot of people felt like this is just the way things are, and you keep the peace. you just accept that that's the way things are. i think other people feel like this isn't right. so there were mixed reactions to this. there were some people, white and black, that encouraged and said it's about time.

and lent their support. there were other people who said , "you are just starting trouble. this isn't good. it's just going to create more tension around here. so there were mixed reactions to that. i think as there were around the country. when the citizens sparked this dialogue and this discussion and frustration about what is it we're going to do, there were requests made that while we are in negotiations, if we can just not have the demonstrations. all parties agreed that they would not participate in the demonstrations at that point. he gets to be used as leverage to change people's minds and change people's practices. so i think that those kinds of things are catalysts, and they are really important to start that domino effect of equity equality access, and justice.

the fact that this happened in greensboro gives us an incredible, immediate sense of how to interpret and understand what we are going through today. to be able to come to this museum, to go on the tour, to look at the different exhibits to hear the reenactments, be able to see the photograph and have an incredibly personal experience, very compelling and provocative experience here i think gives us the courage to ask what we must do going forward. this place provides the contextual information to understand why we have racial inequities today, why we have an achievement gap were students of color -- ridiculous african americans -- are on the bottom. why do we have racial disparities in health care? so we have this place right here where we can put our hands on it and we can come and be not only in that physical place, but the

in that interpreter space. the actions that those young men took on that day and the fact that we were able to memorialize that here in this museum gives us an opportunity to ask ourselves -- what is my lunch counter issue? what would i be demonstrating -- or if those young men were here today, what would they say >> you are watching american history tv all weekend on c-span3. >> on february 17, 1865, columbia, south carolina, surrendered to the union army. next, a discussion at the university of south carolina on the city's destruction